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Physicians Exchange Inc Kansas City Missouri “The history of a great Ambulance Company” Mable Mallon was one of the first Red Cross nurses at Fort Riley during the WWI flu pandemic and missed coming down with the flu herself but during her time at Fort Riley she became a great card player. Physicians Exchange was…

Most car folks know that every year there is a huge automotive show that is held in Las Vegas. And while its the largest automotive trade show anywhere, its not open to the public. Its a trade only show. We were lucky enough this year to secure passes to attend, and while there were literally…

VALLASTRO’S MINIATURE HEARSES By Michael Petti If you are reading this, then you probably have an appreciation for the fine hand craftsmanship that went into fabricating hearses and flower cars. You will also in all likelihood value the superbly crafted work Otto Vallastro has done creating hearses and flower cars into miniature. Photos do not…

Motorcars were a relatively new mode of transportation at the dawn of the Twentieth Century and, although automobiles had been around for several years, private automobile ownership was still something only for the rich or well established businesses…something the average Joe could only dream of. With the advent of the Ford Model T in October…

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Welcome to the New Professionalcar.org! We have been working hard to retool and update the site to better reflect the changing nature of the Professional Car hobby. We are refocusing our efforts to better provide you with an interesting and compelling place to spend some of your valuable online time. We are focused on becoming the premier resource for professional car history and information on the internet, and it will all be presented to you in a modern, clean, digital magazine format. More about the site

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We at Professionalcar.org believe that we need to preserve the history of not only the professional cars and emergency vehicles that we all love, but we also need to preserve the history of the services that owned them and the people that ran them. We want to feature not only vintage equipment, but also the memories of the folks that used and depended on those rigs, and we want to preserve as much of the firsthand history that we can.

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When writing a historical article the main objective should always be accuracy. This means factual information which can be scrutinized and verified as being truthful and historically accurate. This simple goal of accuracy should be present throughout the entire course of research and compiling the information that will go into the article.

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